Where were you during the 1967 Detroit Riot?

[English]

Interesting hearing your experiences, Hermod. My grandfather was a generation older than you, and his folks were on the leading edge of the northern migration. He was a founding member of the Brewster Old Timers. The legendary Brewster Rec Center opened when he was 13 years old:

http://detroit1701.org/Brewster-Wheeler%20Center.htm

Reading that page makes me really miss my granddad. He was truly one of the best people I knew.

[kryptonite]

Bigotry is something that builds up over a lifetime. Small children don't seem to notice color, ethnicity, religion, etc. Those biases develop as a person ages.

Some people develop the same attitudes toward anyone different from them that their parents displayed. Others seem to make a conscious break from their environmental background and determine instead to be as open as possible.

Prejudice to me seems almost like a choice, not a matter of what state you come from, what religion you follow, what ethnic background you are composed of, etc.

The 1967 riots in my opinion were the result of a few violent individuals that initiated an act of violence followed by the phenomenon of group psychology. You as an individual might not be inclined to protest something, but if a substantial protest occurs in proximity to you, you may just join along. Riots are not rare, historically they have been common. run of the mill protests frequently turn violent, despite the fact that the organizers had no intention of violence. In Detroit's case the blind pig party break-up by the police, combined with a national trend toward violent protests at the time. Few large cities escaped some amount of racial unrest from 1965-1968.

[Hermod]

Interesting hearing your experiences, Hermod. My grandfather was a generation older than you, and his folks were on the leading edge of the northern migration. He was a founding member of the Brewster Old Timers. The legendary Brewster Rec Center opened when he was 13 years old:

http://detroit1701.org/Brewster-Wheeler%20Center.htm


Reading that page makes me really miss my granddad. He was truly one of the best people I knew.

Your granddad would have been about my father's age or a tad older [[Central High School 1931).